Magical Monday - PCC Image & Dog Days Of Summer

This week please welcome the remaining of the new designers Amber Hillman, Dru Cabral and Melanie Newby. Last week Gloria Westerman, Marie Bridgeman and Patti Painter joined us in our challenge. Now we have a full team this week, so please take time to welcome everyone!

The lucky person to receive the random drawing prize for participating in last weeks challenge is: Lori Stokes Wright

Please send me your snail address to magicintheair@att.net so I can get this out to you. CONGRATS and ENJOY!


Pattie Nelson brings us this weeks challenge. It seems to be HOT around the country so this is a great challenge for this week! She wants you to use any acquired Paper Cupcake Image and be inspired by the words "Dog days of Summer". So use your creativity however you would like to interpret that phrase.

If you don't have a Paper Cupcake's image you can use the following freebie or you can take a look at my store Paper Cupcakes here



You can download "Hello Cupcake" HERE

The prize for this week’s random drawing for whoever participates in this weeks challenge and links their work back here is:



Now for the oh so talented...

DESIGNER TEAM:



Amber's Blog

Image: Gigi On Tube




Dru's Blog

Image: Sunday Afternoon




Gloria's Blog

Image: Summer Delights




Jessie's Blog

Image: Beached Bear




Marie's Blog

Image: Gigi On Tube




Melanie's Blog

Image: Gigi In Tube




Nilla's Blog

Image: Beached Bear




Pat's Blog

Image: Mouse Friends; Beach, Ball & Book




Patti N's Blog

Image: Mouse Friends; Beach, Ball & Book




Patti P's Blog

Image: Beached Boat


and my creation:



Nina's Blog

Image: Ronan & Izzy; Summer Fun


The above card I actually made for this challenge, but I made the following card for a challenge going on in my group over at CDAC and I thought it fit this challenge as well so I thought I would post it here for those of you who may not have seen it.

Image: Summer Swim


So, let's have some summer fun with these "Dog Days of Summer" and create something wonderfully HOT!

You're Invited......

Occasion: Paper Cupcakes "Tea Party Sketch Blog Hop"

Where: Starting right here!

When: August 11th - 18th

No need to RSVP just come and have fun, collect the sketches, enjoy the projects and as always have fun along the way!

We look forward to sharing some love, good conversation and of course a nice cup of tea!

So help us spread the word and grab the icon below, paste it on your sidebar on your blog and link it back here. We would love it if you would blog about it, share it with your friends and followers and most importantly don't forget to come back and enjoy yourself!



You won't be disappointed with all the new releases showcased on this hop! And best of all you could win some!

Magical Monday - PPC image & Strawberries & Cream

WOW! Not sure about all of you, but my two weeks just flew by and it feels good to be back in the swing of things! Although I always feel a bit sad to see designers move on.... on the flip side it means I get to have the opportunity to met new talented ladies as well. Some of our "New Designers" will be jumping on board today and the remaining designers next week. So today our new designers that will be joining us are Gloria Westerman, Patti Painter and Marie Bridgeman. Next week Amber Hillman, Dru Cabral and Melanie Newby will be with us as well. That sure excites me and I hope it does you too, so why don't you give them a warm welcome by leaving them a nice comment!

We are planning a "Tea Party, Sketch Blog Hop" come August 11th, so stay tuned for more details to come! Showcasing all new digis that are not available just yet and I think you are going to love them!

Now, let's get this party going with this "Party Cake" image and that yummy thought of Strawberries & Cream Challenge!

This week's challenge is brought to us by Nilla Berglie and she would like for you to use the supplied image "Party Cake" by Paper Cupcakes and be inspired however you would have your creativity lead you with that yummy thought "Strawberries & Cream"! :O)

(C) "Party Cake"

"Party Cake" is no longer available for free... if by chance you missed this freebie, you can now find this image in my store Paper Cupcakes)

The prize for this week’s random drawing for whoever participates in this weeks challenge and links their work back here is:



Now for the oh so talented...

DESIGNER TEAM:



Gloria's Blog





Jessie's Blog





Marie's Blog





Nilla's Blog





Pat's Blog






Patti N's Blog





Patti P's Blog



and my creation:



Nina's Blog



This is a new type of linky, but a very nice one I think, pretty much works the same, but a little different. I am sure you can figure it out, yes mom, even you! :o)

Extra, Extra... Read all about it..........

Wow, what can I say, but time just does not stand still or slow down for me! These days have just flown by!

First I want to say good-bye to some of my designers that needed a break or needed to move. I have felt very blessed to have had all these wonderfully talented ladies share with us over these months. BIG thanks goes out to Kim McDonald, Olga Jewell, Selma Stevenson and Sue Walsh! I will truly miss your beautiful works of art here on my blog, but everyone can still check out their blogs! You can find all the past designer's blog links on my side bar.

Now let's welcome a new set of wonderfully talented ladies as well as our new Designer's to our team:

Amber Hillman
Dru Cabral
Gloria Westerman
Patti Painter
Marie Bridgeman
Melanie Newby

and the rest of our team:

Jessie Fitz Henry
Nilla Berglie
Patti Nelson
Pat Pedder

I feel very blessed to have all these talented ladies!!

Some of these ladies will be joining us this coming Monday and everyone will be here on July 26th, so don't miss out! Like I said our challenges will resume Monday, July 19th.

So you wonder what I have been doing all this time away? Well, I have been working really hard and I decided I needed to have a "Tea Party" with all my friends out there in cyber space! So I have planned for August 11th (not July 28th I have changed my date, I needed to wait for all the tea to arrive) something you won't want to miss out on! A "Tea Party Blog Hop"! The hop will be showcasing new images made just for this hop... just for your personal viewing and of course they are all "Tea Party" related! How fun is that? AND not only that.... Each blog will have a sketch on it as well so plan on attending/hopping our "Tea Party, Sketch Blog Hop"!

Alrighty, Now don't forget to tune back in on this coming Magical Monday July 19th when we will be back in the swing of things! Now I must head for bed, because 1:11 seems like a great number to head that way! ((ugh... not really)

OK.. Thanks for stopping by and have a Magical Day!